Dr. Oz Reaches $5M Settlement Over ‘Miracle’ Diet Pills
Law360 (June 18, 2018, 7:18 PM EDT) — Television personality Dr. Oz agreed to a $5.25 million settlement in California federal court Friday to resolve allegations that his show misrepresented the effectiveness of weight-loss supplements.
Dr. Mehmet Oz, his show’s producers ZoCo Productions LLC and Harpo Productions Inc., and venture-capital firm Entertainment Media Ventures Inc. also agreed not to re-air the three episodes of “The Doctor Oz Show” that promoted the supplements with allegedly false statements including “revolutionary fat buster,” “miracle in a bottle” and “magic weight-loss cure.” As part of the settlement, the plaintiffs agreed…
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